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    redundant

    adjectiveBand 8

    UKrɪˈdʌndənt
    USrɪˈdʌndənt

    No longer needed or useful; (of a worker) no longer employed because the job is unnecessary.

    An old typewriter pushed to the far end of a desk while a slim laptop sits open in the centre
    The typewriter is no longer needed: redundant means not needed any more, and for a worker, a job that has gone.

    New technology made several roles redundant.

    Hundreds of workers were made redundant after the merger.

    Goes with

    Words that go with redundant: make redundant; become redundant; redundant workers; made redundant.

    Similar and opposite

    Similar
    unnecessarysuperfluoussurplus
    Opposite
    essentialnecessary

    Word family

    The redundant family: redundant (adjective), redundancy (noun), redundantly (adverb).

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